Vashadze and his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoğlu held a joint press conference Tuesday following Davutoğlu's meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.
Davutoğlu told reporters that he communicated Turkey's demand for release of detained Turkish captain, expressing his hope that he would soon be released.
Davutoğlu who has been in Georgia since Monday, brought up the issue in his meetings with Georgian Premier Nikoloz Gilauri and Parliament David Bakradze.
Georgian Coast Guard arrested in mid August a ship named "Buket" along with its 17 crew, carrying fuel oil to Abkhasia, which unilaterally declared independence from Georgia, leading to a conflict between Georgia and Russia.
16 members of the crew were released on bail while the captain of the ship, Öztürk was sentenced to 24 years of imprisonment.
The court announced on September 4 that it would reassess the sentence.
